The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, by David Wroblewski

This is the book for Oprah's book club this week. She says she loved this book. I thought it was good. Not at all an upper.

Edgar Sawtelle is a mute. His family runs a dog breeding business. Edgar's estranged uncle returns home after several years away. After his father dies of unknown causes and his uncle seduces his mother Edgar runs away from home. He learns about adulthood while on the run, and decides to return home.

Parts of the book were a little abstract for my liking. An entertaining story. It has over 500 pages and I read it in a little less than a week.

All in all, one and a half thumbs up, the missing half thumb is because I didn't appreciate the ending.